5 Dec 2022 11:25 am
we have maintained unconstitutional standing armies at the public expense for 100 yearsSkans » 05 Dec 2022, 12:10 pm » wrote: ↑ First, it was the 16th Amendment that instituted the Income Tax, not the 15th Amendment.
Second, as I previously said, revenue was raised mainly through excise taxes, tariffs, customs duties and public land sales. The federal government had relatively few expenses compared to today and did not have as much need to raise large amounts of money.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 12:[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; . . .
https://constitution.congress.gov/brows ... _00001074/
Its pathetic how people pretend the Constitution is relevant